These children's books help adopted children & their new siblings understand the changes happening in their lives in ways ...

When poetry editor Lou Peacock compiled A Whale of a Time: Funny Poems for Each Day of the Year, she chose Rita Dove’s “The First Book” to be the entry for January 1. The poem describes what it’s like ...

Liberty Biscuit and Little Pearl by Melanie Sue Bowles are suitable for youngsters but will warm the hearts of adults as well ...

What was your favorite book as a kid? That question makes for a surprisingly effective icebreaker. You can tell a lot about someone from the books they read as a child. Case in point: I’m a journalist ...

If you've found yourself reading the same picture book over and over (and over and over) to a small but determined audience we see you and salute you! Perhaps you'd like to add a few new titles to the ...

Children’s books are bodies of work that thrive on specificity. With just the right use of humor, wit, and alliteration, authors like Theodor Seuss Geisel, Lewis Carroll, and Margaret Atwood, among ...

One of the perks of parenthood, it is often said, is to relive the joys of one’s youth, to share with your child everything you once loved—especially books. Before I was a parent, I was skeptical of ...

A Quinnesec woman has put a fun twist to a classic Christmas carol in her debut children’s book, “The Twelve Days of Yooper ...

Welcome to “How I Became,” the Lifehacker series where I ask real people how they really got their jobs. This week I'm chatting with Aubre Andrus, an award-winning children's book author. She mostly ...

Now Dr Tim Hodkinson and his wife, dental nurse Kate Hodkinson, have released a children's book, 'Twas the Night Shift Before ...